Oculus Rift

9 May 2016

Oculus Rift is a head-mounted, virtual reality headset developed by Oculus VR. A successful Kickstarter campaign offered up a developer version that began shipping in March 2013. The Oculus Rift uses a 7-inch display with 1280x800 resolution and over a 90 degree field of view, intended to totally immerse the user and block out the actual field of view. Software must be designed especially for the Oculus Rift and it will not work with just standard console games. Several early titles had Oculus Rift support, namely Left 4 Dead, Skyrim, Portal 2, Half Life 2, and Bioshock.

Oculus Rift is set to launch with over 30 games at launch, so there will be no shortage of titles for early adopters. Those titles include:

AdrIft

Adventure Time:

Airmech: Command

Albino Lullabye

Audio Arena

BlazeRush

Chronos

Darknet

Dead Secret

Defense Grid 2 Enhanced VR Edition

Dreadhalls

Elite Dangerous: Deluxe Edition

Esper 2

EVE Gunjack

Eve Valkyrie Founder's Pack

Fly to KUMA

Herobound SC

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Lucky's Tale

Omega Agent

Pinball FX2 VR

Project CARS

Radial G

Rooms

Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR

Smashing the Battle

Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Vektron Revenge

VR Tennis Online

Windlands

The Oculus Rift, as well as many "Oculus ready" PCs, began shipping in April. The Oculus Rift can be ordered for $599.

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More room for less money

You can extend your Oculus Rift's cables for about $20

Rifting with a room-scale setup often means you need a bit more cable length to avoid toppling your PC or getting your feet tangled.

Experince gaming like never before

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Did you get a brand new Oculus Rift for the holidays? Here's how to set it up with step-by-step instructions!

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Be still my beating wallet

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